![With a litany of lies, a UC Santa Barbara archaeologist seeks to cover up her own misconduct, punish a reporter who revealed it, and intimidate victims and survivors of abuse. [Updated July 11, 2020: Kurin's attorney basically admits, in print, that my reporting was factually correct]]](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYNRv7g2DgNO1mfVZ-p6z6qTSg2IngIu00cQoxWn0ugEJt7HvJX8F8XZohH4RwGm-6jbjqA5YoP28oN1yPmOyjKSmYiOr_XRTO3uUbygUw9yY9O2fEyUfLoramhjr64zIZbrwOyOxuWQgz/w680/UCSB+campus.jpg)
With a litany of lies, a UC Santa Barbara archaeologist seeks to cover up her own misconduct, punish a reporter who revealed it, and intimidate victims and survivors of abuse. [Updated July 11, 2020: Kurin's attorney basically admits, in print, that my reporting was factually correct]]
UC Santa Barbara Yesterday I reported the filing of an $18 million dollar defamation suit against this reporter, in federal court, by Unive…
Read more![Archaeologist accused of enabling sexual misconduct and retaliating against students sues #MeToo reporter for $18 million in federal court [Updated July 26, 2020]](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsmOLCj41qbVKgR-FjCDfSHDW55oHejtT9KbX70iPaE_-iTGhdJ60KdzsKQVU2S7YrYEbp8CalunFhD_IrOiRN9KsRpZVQInzjYqfLpJnj2i8bMx4SdNJsULzfaoHIZzFTc3NM_kEc_YgJ/w680/Kurin+photo.jpeg)
Archaeologist accused of enabling sexual misconduct and retaliating against students sues #MeToo reporter for $18 million in federal court [Updated July 26, 2020]
As many readers of this blog and probably most in the archaeology community know, I have reported extensively on misconduct allegations conc…
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- Michael Balter
- I have been a working journalist for more than 40 years, beginning in Los Angeles as an investigative reporter and then in Paris as a travel, food, and science writer. For more than 20 years I have covered anthropology and archaeology writer for Science, Audubon, Scientific American, SAPIENS, and other publications. I have also covered sexual misconduct for The Verge, Scientific American, and others; I write about mental health, especially schizophrenia; and I engage in occasional media criticism. I returned to the USA in October 2017 after 30 years in Paris, and now live in the New York City area, where I currently teach journalism at City College of New York (I previously taught journalism at Boston University and New York University.) For more about me and what I do, copies of my articles, information about my book, and other goodies, please visit MY WEB SITE
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